Coating-machine.



` G. WHITE.

COATING MACHINE.

APPLlcATmN man 1uL111 9.1913.`

Patented Nov. 19, 1918..

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G. WHITE.

COATING MACHINE.

APPLLcAUoN FILEDIULYIQ. 1913.

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COATING MACHINE. APPLICATION man JuLY19.191s.

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G. WHITE.

COMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED www. 1913.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

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COMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ,IULY I9. 1913.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

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. generically referred to as Uran santas naar one GEORGE NHITE, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 PANAYIOTIS PANOULIAS,

OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

GOATING-MACHINE.

ecaion o Letters Patent. Patented NGV.. i9, 193155,

Application sied July 1s, 1913. serial No. 779,986.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE WHITE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coating- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to machines for applying to candies or other articles,

cores, a coating of a suitable, preferably liquid or viscous substance, such as chocolate. The object is to arrange and coat these articles or cores evenly, and also to apply an additional ornamental coating or stroking if desired.

A specific embodiment of my invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, with parts broken away; Fig. 3 is a .vertical section on line' 3-3 of Fig. 2; Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sections taken substantially on lines '4.-4 and 5-5 respectively of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the conveyer employed in my machine, and Fig. 7 is a side elevation thereof; Figs. 8 and 9 are sectional views, on the same plane as Fig. 3, showing the stroking mechanism in two positions, on an enlarged scale; Fig. 10 is a partial plan view of the mechanism for controlling the flow ofthe coating liquid; and Fig. 11 is a vertical section taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 10.

The articles or cores A (Fig. 11) are carried through the machine by means of a suitable conveyer on the upper run of which they are deposited in any approved manner. This conveyer is. preferably of an apertured or open-work character so that the coating material (say, liquid-or viscous chocolate) may pass therethrough for the purpose set forth hereinafter. lln the particular embodiment shown, the conveyer consists of an endless strand 20 of wire or other suitable material passed to and fro between a supporting roller 21, preferably formed with separate parallel grooves to receive and hold properly spaced, the several runs of the strand 20, and a corresponding series of properly spaced grooved disks 22. The upper runs ,of the strand are exactly in line with the grooves of the roller 21 and disks 22, but the lower runs are slightly oblique, that is'to say, the second lower run extends from the first groove of the roller 21 to the second disk 22. The first lower run extends to thefirst disk 22 from a roller 23 having an upright axis, and the last lower run extends from thel lastgroove of the roller 21 to a roller 24 similar to the roller 23, and these rst and last lower runs are connected'by a transverse run 20. An intermittent motion (always in the same direction) is given to thevconveyer by means of a feed awl 25 secured pivotally to an arm 26 whic is mounted to swing independently of thefroller 21, but about the same axis. The pawl 25 engages the teeth of a ratchet wheel 27 held to turn with the roller 2 1, an adjustable finger 28 acting to throw the pawl 25 out of engagement with the ratchet wheel 27 at the proper point. With the arm 26 is pivotally connected a link 29 the lower end of whichv has a like connection with a rockin arm 3() mounted loosely on ashaft 31. L referably the connection of the link 29 with thefarm 30 is effected by means of a block 32 adjustable in a radial slideway 30 and secured, after adjustment, by a nut or other suitable means. Thus I can vary the throw of the arm 26 and therefore the longitudinal movement given to the conveyer'at each step of the operation. The arm 30 receives its rocking movement by means of a link 33 the lower end of which is pivoted eccentrically to a gear wheel 34: driven by a pinion 35 von a power shaft 36.

The articles deposited on the upper run of the conveyer areI required to aline transversely, and as they may not always be alined perfectly, the following mechanism is provided to insure perfect alinement: A transverse bar 37 arranged beneath the upper run of the conveyer is provided with upwardly projecting pins 37 registering with the spaces between the upper runs of the strand 20, so that at times said pins may project between and above said upper runs.

As shown in Fig. 2, the pins 37 aredisposed in V-fashion, forming angles or pock- A ets which will catch and a line in a true transverse row and at equal distances from each other, any articles which may lie on the upper run 0f the conveyei` in front of th said pins.

The bar 37 is carried by' two slides 38 movablein guides 39, 39 provided in brackets 40 secured to, or formingV part of, the frame the slides, the parts being held by nuts after adjustment. Each ofthe slides 38 is connected pivotally with the upper en d o f a link 41, the lower end 'of such l1nk being pivoted to a crank arm 42 secured to a rock shaft 43. This shaft has another crank'arm 44 connected by a -link45 with a `crank ann 46 on a shaft 47. A pinion 48, secured to the shaft 47, mesheswith a toothed wheel 49 on a'shaft 50. (In the example'shown yin-the drawing, the shaft 50 alines with the rock shaft 43, but this is immaterial). The shaft 50 is driven as by means of a cham 51 v engaging a sprocket 52 on the shaft 50 and l another sprocket 53 on the shaft 31. The

latter also has secured to it a ratchet wheel 54 engaged by a pawl 55 pivoted to thek rocking arm 30. Thus, owing to the intermittent rotation of the shaft 47, the arm is rocked first in one direction and then 1n the other. 'In the. position shown in Fig. 3,

the slides 38 are in the guide portions 39', which are at such a level that the pins 37 will be below the upper run of the conveyer, so as not to interfere with the feeding of the cores to said conveyer. As the slides 38 move toward the left in Figs. 1 and 3, they reach the guide portions. 39 which are nearer the upper run of the conveyer; thus the pins 37 will be caused to pass upward between the strands 20 of the upperrun and in this projecting position to move lengthwise of the conveyer. This notonly brings the articles on the conveyer, to the coating osition, but at the same time (owin to the -shaped arrangementof the pins 3 the articles or cores will be brought into perthe bar 37 with the pins 37 goes back to its rear (lowered) position, the articles remaining in their forward position. If any sticky cores should adhere t0 the pins 37, such cores might follow the pins 1n thelr return movement, and thus the proper arrangement of the cores might be disturbed. In order to prevent this, I may provide a retaimng gate consisting of a plvoted transverse rod 56 made with downwardly extending (preferably hook-shaped) pins 56. A weight 57, connected with the rod 56, tends to keep it. in the position shown in Fig. 3, in which an arm 56 on the rod engages a 4stationary stop pin 58. When the cores A are pushed forward by the pins 37, the pins 56 w1l1 yield and allow the-cores t0 pass. -If any cores should adhere 4tothe pins 37 the hookprevent them from following the'pins 37 on their return movement. The pins 56 of course are not in the path of the pins 37 so as not to interfere with the return movement of the pins 37.

Above the upper run of the conveyer is located a tank 59 adapted to contain the material (such as liquid chocolate) with which the cores are to be coated. The tank bottom preferably slopes toward the main outlet 59 belowwhich is arranged a stationary plate 60 having a series of slots 60', preferablyoblique with reference to the irection in which the conveyer travels. Underneath the plate 60 is arranged a movable plate 6l having slots 61 `similar in position and arrangement to the slots 60. By shifting the plate 61 transversely, the effective width of the slot outlets can be varied, or the outlets can be closed altogether. The plate 61 may be constructed as a slide with an internally, screw-threaded bracket 61 engaged by a screw` rod 62 mounted to turn but held against longitudinal movement. Alpng the edges of the openings or slots 61, on the outlet side thereof, that is to say, on the lower surface of the plate 61,A downwardly projecting ribs 63 are preferably formed around said slots; I have found that this secures an even flow of the material and prevents the material from adhering to, and l spreading on, the lower surface 0f the plate 61. Thus thestreams of material issuing from the several outlets or nozzles are kept separate. v

As the longitudinal movement of the conveyer carries the cores A under and through the streams of coating material, the cores receive a coating of such material on all sides. Part of the surplus material adheres to the strands20 of the conveyer, but the greater part drops through the conveyer, and falls either into a lower tank 64 or onto a Ybottoming bar 65. This bar is perforated as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the perforations being small enough to be normally filled by the viscous material, -but allowing some of the material to drop through slowly, thus preventing the material from hardening in the perforations. The bottoming bar 65 is fulerumed at 65 on a bracket 66, preferably adjustable lengthwise of the conveyer, 'as by mounting said bracket on screws 67, with nuts 68 on each side of the bracket to hold it after adjustment. The bottoming bar has arms 65 extending loosely through appropriate slots in a vibrator bar 69, so that the longltudinal adjustment of the bottoming bar 65 will not interfere with the operation of the said vibratorv bar 69. The latter is secured rigidly to arms 70 fulcr'umedat 70', and v the upper edge of the bar engages the upper run of the conveyer from below. and is adapted to vibrate this conveyer up and down. For this purpose, two pins or pawls' 71'secured to the arms 70, engage ratchet wheels 71 rigidly mounted on a shaft 72. A sprocket wheel or pulley 73 is also mounted on said shaft, and is driven constantly by a chain or belt 74 connecting said pull y with a lcompanion pulley 75 on a po er shaft 76. On the shaft 72 are secured collars 72 on which the vibrator bar 69 strikes on its downward movement, the bar being provided with blocks 69 adapted to engage saidcollars. 1n order to ycompensate for wear, the pins 71 may be adjustable vertically, as by screwing them into the ends of the arms 7 0 and then holding them with lock nuts 77. This mechanism imparts an up-and-down vibrating motion to the bar 69 and to the conveyer engaging it, and also to the bottoming bar 65. The cores are therefore thoroughly coated with the chocolate orother material. It will be observed that at any particular moment, the bottoming bar and the bar 69 which jolts the conveyer move in opposite directions, so that, at the time the bottoming bar moves upwardly, the adjacent portion of the conveyer is moving downwardly to meet the material thrown or jolted up by the ascending bottoming bar, and this arrangement assists greatly in securing an eiiicient distribution of the material on the lower surfaces of the cores. When the bar 37 is on' its return movement (to the right in Figs.

1 and 3), it will carry toward the receiving end of the conveyer, some of the coating material, so that when the cores are deposited on the conveyer, their bottoms Will not touch the wire strand, but will engage the coating material adhering to said strand. The thorough coating of the core bottoms is thus facilitated.

In advance of the vibrator bar 69, Ythe upper runs of the conveyer are engaged by a stationary supporting bar 78 the purpose of which is to arrest the vibration of the conveyer at this point. That is to say, the portion of the j conveyer between the bars 78 and the roller 21 is the only portion of the conveyer which receives an up-anddown vibrating motion. The lower surface of the upper conveyer run is also engaged by stationary scraper bars 79 and 80 arranged respectively in the rear and in advance of the supporting bar 7 8. Thus, the inner surface of the conveyer, which touches the roller 21 and disks 22 is scraped so as to keep said roller and disks clean.

In somecases, it is desired to provide the cores after they have been coated, with a slight supplemental coating applied in the shape of a line or stroke. For this purpose, the tank 59 may be provided with supplemental outlets 59 at the end site to the outlet 59. In front of the outlets 59 is arranged to slide vertically a detachably with OppO- f gate 81 having at its ends pins 81 extending 1n approximately vertical slots 82' of links 82. Each link 82 is connected pivotally at 83 with a lever 83 fulcrumed on the frame at 83". The other ends of the levers 83 carry pins or rollers 84 traveling in cam grooves 85 of cam disks 85 secured to a shaft 86. r1`he shaft 86 is driven by means of chains 87 engaging sprocket wheels 86 and 88', the latter being secured to a countershaft 88 which also carries sprocket wheels 88 connected by chains 89 with sprocket wheels 31 on the shaft 31. The shaft 86 thus receives. an intermittent motion, always in the same direction. The pin-and-slot connection'at 81', 82 produces a lost motion, so that the gate 81 will remain stationary in its extreme upper and lower positions until the links 82 have traveled a suiiicient vdistance to bring the ins 81 in contact with the opposite ends of the slots 82. The ate 81 will thus be opened and closed quic y.

The material from the tank 59 flows through the outlets 59 which are spaced at distances corresponding to the distances between the cores A, said distances being governed by the pins 37 l of the alining and spacing bar 37, and also by a supplemental alining and spacing mechanism to be described hereinafter. The material issuing from the outlets 59" is adapted to be transferred to the cores. on the conveyer by means of spoons 90 secured in any suitable manner to a rod 91, at intervals corresponding to the spacing of the outlets. The rod 91 is guided in its up-and-down' movement by stationary brackets 92 having slots 92 in which are adapted to move extensions 93 alining with the rod 91 and suitably con- .nected therewith. In the particular construction shown, pins 94 connect the rod 91 forked members 95 each of which is provided with a shank 95 extending axially into the corresponding extension 93, so that the rod 91 and the spoons carried thereby may be turned relatively to said extensions and'thus adjusted to different angular positions, being then locked by means of set screws 96. The purpose of making the lrod 91 readily removable is to adapt the machine for a different spacing of the cores, by the substitution of another rod 91 having the spoons diEerently spaced; for the same purpose, the outlets 5 9 are preferably made in a separateremovable plate 59a; To the ends of the extensions 93 are secured blocks 97 secured to arms 98. Preferably, the blocks are adjustable lengthwise of said arms, as lby means of screws 99 mounted to turn in the arms but held against longitudinal movement, said screws' having a threaded engagement with the blocks97 engaging longitudinal slideways 98 of the arms 98. 'The lower ends of the arms 98 have a crank-pin connection 98" with the shaft 86, the connection being preferably an adjustable one so that the eccentricity of the crank pin may be varied.

In order to insure the proper discharge of the material from the spoons 90, the latter are vibrated or shaken during their upward movement, which is the time at which the coating operation takes place. The mechanism -for accomplishing thls is'shown in Figs. 2 and 5 and comprises an arm 100 mounted loosely on-the shaft 86 and permanently held in engagement with the spoon rod 91 by means of a spring 101. On this arm is fulcrumed at 102 a striker lever 102 provided with a pawl shaped end 102" which engages a lmutilated ratchet wheel 86'. on the shaft 86. Thus, during a part of the rotation of said shaft, the ratchet 86" will vibrate the lever 102 so as to cause it to give a quick succession of blows to the spoon rod 91 under the influence of a springv 103 connected with said lever. The time when the pawl-shaped end 102" of the lever 102'is in contact with the smooth portion of the mutilated ratchet 86, coincides with the downward movement of the spoon rod,

'so that the latter and the spoons carried thereby are shaken only during the upward movement.

While the bar 37 with its pins 37 properly alines and spaces the cores A.v on the l lupper run of the conveyer, the vibration with reference to the pins 37.

given to the major portion of said upper run is liable to disarrange the cores. Therefore, in order to restore the proper spacing and alinement of the cores before they receive their second coating or so-called stroking from the spoons 90, 1 provide a bar 104 having pins 104 arranged 1n v -shaped fashion, in a manner similar to that described The pins 104 are at times below the upper run of v the conveyer, as. shown vin Figs. 4 land 9. The b ar 104 is'r'carried by'two levers 105 fulcrumed at 105 and carrying rollers 106, springs 107 being connected` with said levers to keep the rollers in contact with cams 108 on'the shaft 86. Thus, ata certaintime in the revolution of the shaft, the pins 104 will be caused to project upward between the adjacent longitudinalv runs` of the conveyer, as indicated in Fig. 8, so as4 to be in position to engage and thereby re-space and realine the cores A as the motion ofthe. conveyer brings them against the pins 104.v which have no mobility lengthwise vof the conveyer. 4- The lower receptacle 64 is preferably pro-J videdwith a jacket 64 for the circulation of steam or other heating medinm so as to keep the 'material in proper condition'. Preferably, the material is'also agitated in said receptacle as by means of rotary blades 10.9 carried by shafts 110 which are driven from the shaft 76 by means of a chain 111 engaging sprockets 76 and 110'; heated material is transferred from the receptacle 64 to the tank- 59 (and also from the latter to the receptacle 64 when required) by means of disks or istons 112 secured to a cable or other flexib e connection l113 supported by wheels 114 provided with suitable notches 114 to receive the piston disks. The upper wheel 114 is vsecured to a shaft 115 driven from the shaft 76 by means of a belt 116 engaging pulleys 76 and 115. The piston disks 112 are adapted to move up and down in pipes 117 and 118 respectively, the upper end of the latter being at The.

a ,level materially higher than the upper end of the pipe'117. The upper ends of said stationarypipes 117 and 118 are within the tank 59 while their lower-ends are within the receptacle 64. The piston disks 112 will tacle 64 to the tank 59, thus preserving a constant supply of material for the rst and the second coating of the cores. If at any feed material continuously from the receptime too much material is transferred to theA the outlets of the tank, besides keeping thematerial in a homogeneous condition. I have shown the paddles 119 secured to arms 120 extending from rock shafts 121 also provided with` upwardly extending arms 122. These arms 122 are vconnected by an actuat-l ing bar 123 having a slot or guide 123. in which moves an eccentric 115 secured to the shaft 115; y L

' The operation of the machine is as follows The cores A being placed-on the re- 'c'eiving portion of the conveyer in any suitable manner, are advanced periodically by the intermittent longitudinal movement. of said'v conveyer, and durlng' one of the periods that the conveyer is stationary,'the cores are the bar 37 and its pins 37', which brings 'the cores close to the point where they are ltoire.- ceive the rst coating, from the outlets 59", 60?, 61. The next longitudinal movement properly spaced and alined by the action of y of the conveyer carries thecores through the streams of coating material issuing constantly from said outlets. These streams fall with a wavy motion and therefore the cores are completely enveloped in the coating material. The vibrating motion given to the conveyer between the roller 21 and the supportmg bar 78 assists in securing an even distribution of the coatingmaterial on veyer for the cores, and the vibration of the bottoming bar insures a thorough coating of the core bottoms. The vibrating motion stops at the bar 78 and the cores are then carried against the pins 104 (Fig. 8), which restore the proper spacing and alinement of the cores. At this moment the cores are slightly in the rear of the point at which the secondary coating or stroking is applied. The spoons 90 being in their upper position, as shown in Fig. 8, the gate 81 is opened for a moment, thus allowing a measured quantity of the coating material to pass from the tank 59 into each of the spoons. The spoons, being held at such an inclination that'the coating material contained therein cannot escape, a downward movement of the spoons takes place with the gate 81 in the closed position (Fig. 9). rThis brings the spoons immediately in advance of the line of cores previously adjusted by the pins 104. rThese pins having been dropped to the position shown in Fig. 9. the conveyer is again advanced so as to carry the said cores below and past the spoons 90, and at theI same tlme the spoons are moved upward,

during which 4upward movement their inclination is increased to a suicient extent to cause the coating material to flow from the spoons onto the cores, thus applying an ornamental line of coating or stroking to said cores Finally, the coated cores are 'removed from the conveyer in any suitable manner.

Whenever a different spacing of the cores is desired, l will exchange not only the plate 59a and the spoon rod 91, but also the alining bars 37 and 104..

Various modifications may be made without departing from' the gist of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

l claim as my invention:

1. The combination of an apertured conveyer Jfor the articles to be coated, means for discharging a coating material upon said articles'from above, a perforated bottoming bar arranged immediately below the conveyer and adapted to catch a portion of the coating -material passing through the conveyer, and means for imparting an up-anddown movement to said bar.

2. The combination of an apertured conthe articles to be coated; means for discharging a coating material upon said articles from above, a bottoming member arranged immediately below the conveyerl and adapted to catcha portion of the material passing through the conveyer, and means for moving the conveyer and said bottomingmember up and down, the upward movement of one being simultaneous withl the downward movement of the other.

3. The combination of an apertured conveyer for the articles to be coated, means for discharging a coating material upon said articles from above, and a perforated bottoming bar arranged immediately below the conveyer and adapted to catch a portion of the coating material passing through the conveyer.

4. The combination of an apertured conveyer for the articles to be coated, means for discharging a coating material upon said articles from above, a perforated bottoming bar arranged immediately below the conveyer and adapted to catch a portion of the material passing through the conveyer, and a receptacle for catching the material dripping from said bar.

5. The combination of an apertured conveyerl for the articles to be coated, a tank located above the conveyer and adapted to discharge a coating material upon said articles, a perforated bottoming bar arranged immediately below the conveyer and adapted to catch a portion of the material passing through the conveyer, a receptacle for catchying the material dripping from said bar,

and means for feeding the material -to the tank from said receptacle.

6. rlhe combination of an apertured conveyer for the articles to be coated, means for discharging a coating material upon said articles, a bottoming bar arranged immediately below the conveyer at the point where such material is supplied, another bar ar-. ranged to engage the conveyer in advance of said bottoming bar, and means for vibrating said bars up and down simultaneously but in opposite directions.

7. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, said conveyer having longitudinal spaces, and means movable lengthwise of the conveyerA in said longitudinal spaces to engage and aline the articles on the conveyer.

8. yThe combination of a conveyer for the i articles to be coated, said conveyerl having longitudinal spaces, and an alining device having a body located under the conveyer and operating projections extending up' wardly from said body through the spaces of the conveyer to engage the articles on the conveyer. 4

9. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, said conveyer comprising spaced longitudinal runs arranged side by side, and an alining device movable lengthwise of the conveyer and provided with projections extending between the said runs of `the conveyer to engage and aline the articles on the conveyer.

10. rlhe combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, said conveyer comprising spaced longitudinal runs arranged side by side, means for discharging a coating material upon said articles, andla bar movable lengthwise of the conyeyerand provided with ro'ections disposed in V-shaped fashion an a aptedv to extend between the said -runs of the 'conveyerto properly space and aline the articles onthe conveyer bearticles to be coated, said conveyer comprising spaced longitudinal runs extending slide by side, means for discharglng a coatlng material upon said articles, and a bar movable lengthwlse of the lconveyer and also movable perpendicularly to the plane of the oo nveyer, said bar being provided with pins d1sposed in V-shaped fashion and adapted to project between said runs of the conveyer when said bar is moved toward vthe conveyer, so as to properly space and aline the articles on the conveyer before they receive the coating material.

12. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, mean's for discharging a coating. material upon said articles, means .movable lengthwise of the conveyer and adapted `to properly space and aline the arti-y cles on the conveyer before they receive the coating material, and a `retainin device for preventing the articles\from fol owing said means on its return mowement.

13. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, said conveyercomprising spaced longitudinal runs extending side by side, means for discharging a coating material upon said articles, a ar movable lengthwise of the conveyer and provided with projections arranged to travel between said runs and adapted to engage and properly position the articles on the conveyer before they receive the coating material, and

a retaining device having. projections arranged between the paths of the projections on the said bar and adapted to prevent the articles from followingsaid bar in its return movement.

14. Thecombination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, means for discharging a coatin material upon said articles, a bar movab e lengthwise of the conveyer and haw. ing projections adapted to engage and proper y position the articles on the conveyerbe- 4-fore they receive the coating material, and

aretaining gate havinglprojections arranged between the paths of t e projections on said bar and adapted to prevent the articles from v following the said baron its return move- 15.- The combination of va conve er for the articles to be coated, a bar movable lengthwise of the conveyer and having projectlons adapted to engage and properly position the articles on the conveyer before they receive the coatin material, and a pivoted retaining gate aving 'projections arranged between the paths ofthe projections on said bar, the said projections on the gate being adapted to swing aside and'let the articles pass on the forward movement of said articles, but preventing any return movement of the artlcles.

16. The combination of a conveyer for thel articles to be coated, lrotatable supports for said conveyer, a vibratory member engag- 'n ing the upper run of said conveyer, means for dischargin a coating material upon the articles carrie by said conveyer, a supportin bar engaging the conveyer at a point in a Vance of the vibratory member, and a scraper engaging the inner surface of the conveyer between said bar and the farther rotary support.

17. The combination of a conveyer for the articles toy be coated, supports engaging the ends of the operative portion of said conveyer, a vibratory member engaging the upper run of said conveyer, means for discharginga' coating material upon the articles carried by Vsaldconveyer, asupporting bar engaging the conveyer at a point between the vibratory member and the farther Scrapers engaging the inner surface -of the conveyer in advance and in the rear supporting bar respectively.

19. The combination of a conveyer'for the of said articles to be coated, means for discharging I a coating material upon said articles/at two different points of the conveyer, and means,

located adjacent to the conveyer between said two points, for-properly spacing and alining the articles on theconveyer before they receive the second supply of coating material.

20. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, means for discharging a coating material upon said articles successively at' two different points of the conveyer, and'yseparate means, located adjacent` to the conveyer between the two points at which the coating material is supplied, and

also in the rear of the point where the first appllcation of coating material 4is made, for properly spacln and alining the articles onrtheconveyer be ore they receive each of thetwo applications of the coating material. 21. ,The `combination of a conveyer for the articlesto be coated,means for discharging a coatirgnaterial upon said articles at two differentY points of the conveyer, means movable lengthwise ofthe conveyer, erly spacing and alining the articles on the for propconveyer before they reach the point where the first coating is applied, and means movable into and out of the path ofethe articles carried by the conveyer, to arrest and respace and re-aline the articles before they reach -the point where the second coating is applied.

22. The combination of a conveyer for the articles lto be coated, means for ydischarging Aa coating material upon said articles at two different points of the conveyer, and means movable toward and from the conveyer at a point intermediate between said two points, to arrest and properly space and aline the articles on the conveyer before they reach the point where the second coating is applied.

23. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, said conveyer comprising spaced.- longitudinal runs extending side by side, means for discharging a coating material upon said articles at two different points of said conveyer, and a spacing and alining bar having projections movable into and out of the spaces between the said runs of the conveyer, but having no mobility lengthwise ofthe conveyer, to arrest the articles carried forward by the conveyer and give them the proper spacing and alinement.

24. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, and means for discharging a coating materal on said articles, said means having outlets ranging obliquely with respect to the direction in which the conveyer travels.

25. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, a tank adapted to contain a coating material, located above said conveyer an provided with an outlet, and spoons movable between the tank outlet and the conveyer toward and from the conveyer and adapted to receive the coating vmaterial from said tank and to deliver it upon the articles carried by the conveyer. for- 26. The combination of a conveyer the articles to be coated, a tank, located above the conveyer and adapted to contain a coating material, and spoons movable from the said tank to the conveyer, to carry the coating material from the tank to the articles on the conveyer.

27. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be'coated, a tank adapted to contain a coating material, a gate controlling an outlet from said tank, spoons movable from the tank to the conveyer, to carry the coating material discharged from said outlet, to the articles on the conveyer, and means for operating said gate and spoons.

28. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, a tank adapted to contain a coating material, spoons movable toward the conveyer from a point adjacent to the tank, and adapted to transfer the coating material from the said tank to the articles carried by the conveyer, and means for jolting the spoons during such transfer movement.

29. The combination of Va conveyer for the articles to be coated, a tank adapted to contain a coating material and provided with a series of outlets, a set of spoons movable in unison and arranged to receive the material from said outlets, and to discharge it in individual streams upon the articles carried by the conveyer, and means for vibrating said spoons during the discharge of the material therefrom..

30. `The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, a tank provided with a series of outlets, and a set of spoons movable in unison and arranged to receive the material from said outlets and to discharge it in individual streams upon the articles carried by the said conveyer.

31. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, means for imparting an intermittent motion to said conveyer, and periodically operated means for Vdischarging a coating material on said articles while they are being carried forward by the conveyer.

32. The combination of a conveyer for the articles to be coated, a tank adapted to contain a coating material, arms movable upy and down, and spoons carried by said arms, for transferring the coating material from the said tank to the articles carried by the conveyer, said spoons being connected adjustably with said arms so as to permit of varying the inclination of the spoons.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in scribing witnesses.

. GEORGE WHITE. Witnesses:

GEO. W. RURODE, M. L. NIMMo.

the presence of two sub- 

